Here we link photographs and descriptions of raw material samples from this quarry site or location. Click on these thumbnail photos to see the variety of colors and textures shown by novaculite from this quarry.

We have developed a coding system to describe samples of novaculite curated at the Arkansas Archeological Survey's Henderson State University Research Station and observed at novaculite quarries in the Ouachita Mountains. The main attributes we describe with macroscopic analysis are color, cortex, texture, luster, and translucency. Our protocol for describing and characterizing the rock can be found in the “Novaculite Description” section of the “What is Novaculite” page. The sample form and coding protocol are linked below.